PASKENTA — A wildfire burning in Mendocino National Forest has consumed about 2,000 acres of dry brush and two forest roads were closed to the public Friday afternoon.

Called the Whiskey Fire, the blaze is burning chapparal and grasses in a sparsely populated area of the forest, about 5.5 miles northwest of Paskenta in Tehama County.

The fire started shortly after noon Thursday. It remained uncontained.

The U.S. Forest Service closed Forest Roads M-2 and M-4 to allow firefighters and equipment to move quickly to the blaze. A spokesman reported mid-Friday that recreation areas are not threatened by the fire.

More than 200 firefighters from Cal Fire and the Forest Service are fighting the blaze as a unified command.

A Cal Fire spokesman said crews are aggressively fighting the fire through hand crews, air support, bulldozers and engines to keep it from spreading to timber.

The fire is near a mill in an area ranging in elevation from 1,400 feet to 4,000 feet.

Two houses and three other structures are threatened, and the fire is reportedly moving east, but no evacuations are planned.